by Julie Small and Shirley Jahad

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A court hearing scheduled for Monday looks as if it'll be pretty contentious. A federal judge supervising a case to improve prison medical care had ordered California's attorney general to present a plan for how and when the state would pay $250 million dollars to improve prison medical care. Late today the attorney general filed a brief with the court saying the state's not going to pay the money. KPCC's All Things Considered host Shirley Jahad talked about the latest developments with State Capitol Reporter Julie Small.